Wednesday, January 02, 2008

My Future Rock Star

I thought I would throw in a funny picture of my son with a pink guitar, he loved it and wouldn't put it down.

After a very long Attachment Therapy visit the therapist put in writing he feels Ava has RAD. He listened while I told all that had occurred this week and he is concerned b/c so much of her behavior is sociopathic. He feels we have a long hard road ahead and was taken back when she admitted to everything I said. When I told her it was ok to be honest and she would not be in trouble as long as she was honest, she was. She has been doing all these things for fun, basically we are her entertainment. She thinks I am stupid for not knowing earlier and she doesn't like that she has been caught.

I am so crazy, I have been looking at my calender thinking the kids were out of school until Monday. I looked today after Cyr insisted I was wrong and guess what? I am wrong, they go back tomorrow. I am sad and relieved at the same time. I do have to go in first thing int he AM and deal with Ava's teachers and this whole hugging, living with, and false allegations thing. I am hoping for the best and fearing the worst. The AT has offered to step in if I need him.

2 comments:

Curious, you may have covered this before, but are any of the kids on meds, and if so, what type? All my VN RTC girls are on cocktails of like 6 or 7 pills. Were any on meds before being placed with you? I recall you were told they hardly had any issues! Hopefully, they just didn't know.

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I am the mother of 10 children, 6 are part of a large sibling group we adopted through foster care in 2006, 2 are our grown foster daughters, 2 are from independent infant adoptions in 2001 and 2008. Every one of them have their own issues to work through from Schizo-Affective Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Complex PTSD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, ADHD, and Cerebral Palsy. Most of our children have been victims of sexual abuse by a close family member, most acted out sexually or exhibited predatory behaviors. We are currently trying to figure out where the trauma ends and mental illness begins in each of their lives.